Besides, Gao Jie galloped to the rear, and saw two armies fighting in the distance a few miles to the due north. At this time, the sky was getting dark and dense, and it was hard to see how many people were on the other side. Anyway, the river embankment was full of people.
"Hua Ma Liu, where is Hua Ma Liu..." Gao Jie ran all the way and yelled. The soldiers were dodging along the way. He didn't meet Liu Liangzuo until he was a hundred meters away from the battlefield: "We are blocked..."
"I'm not blind!" Gao Jie shouted: "How many people are there in the bandit army?"
"I can't survive more than two thousand people. It's a damn good thing that I found out early, otherwise they would have killed them all and blocked the way back. Then we would have been caught in a trap!" Liu Liangzuo gritted his teeth.
Due to Liu Zeqing's instructions, he rode 300 horses to the rear for inspection. When he arrived at Sturgeon Town, he saw thousands of bandit troops swarming along the lake due west. This frightened the officers and soldiers, and he sent someone to inform Liu Liangzuo urgently. , and then took the initiative to fight. As veterans of the battlefield, they have rich experience and know that if the retreat is blocked, the entire army may be annihilated. Therefore, even if they are defeated, they must rush to gain time to buy time for the rear.
After receiving the report, Liu Liangzuo was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse. You must know that the intersection in the due north is extremely narrow and only a few dozen meters wide. If it is blocked by the bandit army... I'll go and send someone to report Gao Jie immediately. At the same time, he will lead three people. Qian Houjun killed him.
The several miles of road suddenly became extremely far away. When they were still a few miles away from the intersection, the three hundred officers and soldiers who were fighting had been pushed back by the rebels.
"Don't lose the intersection! Fight out! Fight out..." Huama Liu shouted wildly, asking the cavalry to rush over wildly, trying to break through with the cavalry.
Unexpectedly, the other party was also prepared, and they also used cavalry to squeeze in. The rebel army wanted to block the officers and soldiers in the river embankment, squeeze and crush them bit by bit...
"We can't fight like this." Gao Jie looked at it for a while. The enemy and we were fighting fiercely to compete for the intersection. However, although the officers and soldiers had the advantage in strength, they were unable to invest their troops due to the narrow terrain.
"If we continue like this, it will get dark, which will be extremely disadvantageous for us." Gao Jie jumped up and down anxiously, but he couldn't think of any good ideas. He suddenly looked at the lake and was startled: "Hua Ma Liu, can your people swim?"
Liu Liangzuo immediately understood what Gao Jie meant. The intersection ahead was narrow and there was no space for troops to enter, but the soldiers at the rear could only worry. Gao Jie wanted them to swim around and fight at the rear.
"Some of them know how to do it, but how can the bandit army easily let them ashore..." Liu Zeqing was worried, and Gao Jie couldn't help scolding him: "You have no fucking brain. They might not have noticed it unless it was dark. I just realized that blocking them would not be enough to divert their forces..."
Damn it! Liu Liangzuo patted his head: "I'm confused, I'm confused..." Then the two of them mobilized soldiers who could swim from the water on both sides to swim towards the enemy's rear. Liu Liangzuo's soldiers had been fighting in the south for many years and were familiar with water. As many as a thousand.
Not to mention that this trick actually worked. Although thousands of people crossed the water from both wings and were discovered by the rebels, it also caused great panic. Everyone knew that once these soldiers were allowed to get behind them, it would cause The consequences were disastrous, so they started blocking everywhere, but the defensive force at the intersection became weak. Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie broke through with all their strength!
The officers and soldiers broke out, but the bandits were tired of dealing with the two waterways and could no longer form an effective blockade. Instead, they retreated steadily after being killed by the officers and soldiers, and finally fled westward along the lake. Gao Jie and Huama Liu did not dare to pursue them in the dark. Hurry back to meet Liu Zeqing.
Here, Liu Zeqing retreated while fighting and safely exited the river embankment. Fang Niandong in front also stopped pursuing and withdrew his troops. Gao Jie and the three men joined forces in Sturgeon Town to count the damage, and found that there were nearly a thousand casualties. For a while, the three of them frowned and refused to fight. Not to mention that they were not successful in the first battle, they were ambushed.
A few days ago, he was so arrogant and clamoring to capture Anqing Fucheng, but now he was beaten up before he even touched the city wall. It was really embarrassing!
"Victory and defeat are normal things for a soldier. There is nothing to be ashamed of. None of us have ever lost a battle. If you feel embarrassed like this, then you are a stupid soldier." Gao Jie rolled his eyes and began to encourage morale. He looked at Er Liu and said: "Don't There are so many things they think about, but I am carrying the governor, so we should think more about how we can touch the Anqing city wall."
"Difficult!" Huama Liu sighed: "There are only two roads to Anqing, the mountain road to the west and the swamp road between the two rivers in front of us. After this battle, the rebel army will definitely block it tightly. No matter which way we take, we can't easy".
"We can only fight hard!" Liu Zeqing also sighed: "The mountain road is rugged and difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The bandits only need to deploy a small number of troops to make it difficult for us to fly, so we can only go to the east river embankment, but its narrow length is not suitable for cavalry combat. The bandit army only needs to station troops in the center to block the way, and there is no other way but to attack hard."
Gao Jie thought for a while: "Let the governor know first. Maybe he has some ideas. Let's take advantage of this opportunity to repair ourselves. If we hadn't been too exhausted in the past few days, it might not be so difficult to beat them today!"
On the night when Gao Jie and the others were almost made dumplings, in Chaohu on the other side of Wuhu, Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang had just assisted the officers and soldiers on the east coast to transport food, horses and troops and welcomed a new customer.
The main army led by Li Yan and Huang Degong finally arrived. This was a combined army, including cavalry, infantry, the Shenji Battalion of the Beijing Camp, and the emperor's personal soldiers.
Anyone who comes is a guest. Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Liang gritted their teeth and entertained tens of thousands of guests. They had promised Gao Jie and the others to complete the logistics supply, but they were only close to 10,000 people. This time, tens of thousands more came. There were tens of thousands of people (Gao Jie and the other three's rear-guard troops), and the two of them were almost frightened to the point of weakness. It would not be enough for them to wipe out all the Luzhou Prefecture with so many people.
Fortunately, Li Yan was considerate and said that he had brought some food and grass and Nanjing would provide it, so long as the Luzhou government tried its best! Lu and Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained the situation of the past few days to Li Yan and others in detail, which naturally aroused many exclamations. The film produced by the Little Eunuch must be a blockbuster. In a short period of time, they have already made great progress. , it was so exciting, and it also aroused everyone's fighting spirit, and they were gearing up to make contributions.
"The three generals led by General Gao are all cavalry and are not suitable for fighting in the mountains. They may have reached the gates of Anqing City at this time, but they have no baggage and can only besiege the city but cannot attack it. Moreover, their supplies are inconvenient and will not last long. We should be careful "Go!" Li Yan slightly raised his eyebrows: "The artillery suppression is the most powerful when attacking a city, but now there is a shortage of artillery, so we have to rely on the Shenji camp." Then he turned to look at Wu Weiying: "Marquis Yexun is tired and has to go first!" "
Wu Weiying cupped his hands and said with a slight smile: "How about we hurry up after a few hours' rest?" Li Yan nodded and glanced at the commanders of the Guards: "Then I will help you several nobles."
Zhang Qingzhen, Wei Shichun, and Liu Wenbing stood up, cupped their hands, and said to Wu Weiying: "Then I will be with Mr. Wu later." Although the three of them had little experience, the Eighth Guards of the Emperor's personal army under their command They are all warriors who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Li Yandian will let them go first, which will naturally give them a chance to make achievements.
Huang Degong had some objections to Li Yan's arrangement: "All the good things have been given to others. How can we two brothers wander thousands of miles to have fun?"
Li Yan smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Mr. Huang. If you want to make meritorious deeds, there will be more to come. Do you think this Bai Wang is so easy to beat?" Huang Degong rolled his eyes: "Thieves with hundreds of thousands of thieves have been beaten into obscurity. He is just a white man." So what if it’s prosperous?”
Li Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If Bai Wang was so easy to beat Zuo Liangyu, he wouldn't have suffered so much. Although the white thief is not as powerful as the intruder, he has taken advantage of the time, place and even people, not to mention anything else. Just this geographical advantage is enough for us to drink a pot. If you can't beat him head-first into the mountains, he will rush out from behind you as soon as you take your front foot. He will be endlessly suppressed. It's not like the two sides fighting face to face in the north. Who can Who wins or loses depends on his ability."
After saying this, Huang Degong nodded slightly. He had fought with Zhang Xianzhong in Qianshan and Huoshan for more than a year. He knew that it was extremely difficult. In many cases, you could not start a fight just because you wanted to. The bandit army used guerrilla warfare to the extreme, so that The officers and soldiers spent a lot of time and effort and gained little.
"Now that the rebel army is willing to fight us head-on, it is a good thing that we can only hope for. I am afraid that they will hide in the mountains and forests from behind." Li Yan sighed: "This kind of battle is like a quagmire. If you step into it accidentally, you will be swallowed up. Even the little governor There is no guarantee that I can escape unscathed."
"You mean this battle is going to be endless and it can't be decided as quickly as in the north?" Huang Degong's brows furrowed into knots, and Li Yan nodded slightly: "I'm just worried about that."
At this time, Li Yan didn't know that Gao Jie and the others were frustrated outside Anqing City and were beaten before they even touched the corner. Otherwise, the whole army should be mobilized to support quickly, and not just the Shenji Battalion and the Guards would be sent first, but He and Tonghuang Degong were still leisurely behind.
This was not because he was lazy. Although almost all the cavalry were used in this trip to the south for reinforcements in order to speed up the troops, but due to the heavy weight of food and grass and the long journey, it was raining and scorching hot all the way, the soldiers had no physical strength. Morale is in a slump, and it is very necessary to repair and adjust the state in a timely manner.
